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Patented Apr. 4, 1939 UNITED ST TES wmnsnmm wlrsn ABM .lohn R. Olshei, Bnflalo, N. Y., assignor to Trleo Products Corporation, Buflalo, N. Y.

Application April 18,

7 Claims.

This invention relates to a windshield cleaner and especially to the wiper actuating arm which is operated by a shaft and caused to reciprocat the wiper at the outer end of the arm. I

The different makes of automobiles are equipped with Windshields of varying heights, thus necessitating the use of arms of difierent lengths in order to clean that area of the windshield which is more suitable for the field of vision of the average person. This not only necessitates the manufacture of wiper arms of different lengths but if the motorist desires to change the location of the path of the wiper he is compelled to replace the wiper arm with another of the preferred length.

It has heretofore been proposed to utilize a wiper arm which was adjustable as to length, but the design of the same has been such as to detract from the appearance of the motor vehicle and its construction such that it was difiicult to maintain the adjustment in a practical manner.

The present invention has for its object to provide a practically designed wiper arm of novel construction by which the adjusted arm sections are secured firmly together and against becoming accidentally loosened dining its reciprocation on the windshield.

The invention further resides in a construction by which a novel multl-frlctional securement between the arm sections is obtained in a simple yet durable arrangement of parts.

The invention is disclosed in a preferred embodiment in the accompanying drawing wherein Fig. 1 is a side elevation of a windshield wiper arm disposed in its operative position for cleaning a windshield;

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary longitudinal sectional view about on line 22 of Fig. 1; and

Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view taken about on inlet-3 of Fig. l.

Referring more particularly to the drawing, numeral i designates the inner section of the wiper carrying. arm which is fixed to its actuating shaft 2 for being oscillated thereby to move the wiper 3 back and forth over the windshield glass. The wiper is carried by a spring pressed portion of the arm which is pivotally connected by a pivot 4 to the fixed inner section I and is urged by a spring 5 to press the wiper against the windshield with the desired pressure to secure a clean wiping contact.

The spring pressed pivoted portion of the arm comprises an intermediate section 6 and an'outer blade carrying section I, the'latter section having its inner end bifurcated to form spaced and sub- 1936, Serial No. 75,181 (Cl. 287-68) stantially parallel shank parts I which are telescopically received in spaced sockets '9 of the intermediate section 6. The outer end of the intermediate section, which receives the shank of the outer section 1, is formed with a resilient 5 clamp having the jaws ll divided by a slot Ill and adapted to be drawn together by a screw l2. By tightening the screw, the jaws II are drawn closer about the divided shank 8 to bind it at a given adjustment. This movement of the jaws 10 produces a torque serving to anguiarly displace one socket 9 relative to this companion socket and thereby impart opposite twists to the shank parts for creating a binding action to secure the telescoped arm parts.

To enhance the value of such angular displacement of the sockets the slot Ill extends sufilciently deep to sever the inner walls I3 of the sockets from their dividing wall l4, thereby leaving such inner walls resilient and free of direct attachment 20 to the dividing wall for increasing the resiliency of the jaws II and enabling the walls l3 to bear heavily on the shank parts for additional securement. Further binding action is developed by weakening the front wall I! of each socket along 25 a hinge line as defined by a longitudinal groove l6 whereby the inner resilient wall i 3, together with that portion of the outer walls on the remote side of the groove It, will flex as a unit from the hinge line. Consequently, a three point securement through a triple binding action results in practical means of firmly fixing a given adjustment.

As a further means of securing the adjustment, and in a difl'erent manner, the clamping screw 5 I2 is provided with a tapered surface I! adapted to fit in a seat l8 and engage, through an opening IS, the exposed edge of the adjacent shank part 8. Therefore, in addition to the binding pressure applied by the tightening of the jaws I l, 40 a direct biting and mechanical interlock is made betweenthe screw and the shank.

The desired length of the arm may readily be determined and the adjustment effectively secured by tightening the screw l2 to obtain the 45 direct contact between the latter and the shank, as well as the triple binding action on the shank. By reason of the relative angular displacement of the portions 8, a longitudinal reinforcement of the shank will be provided to accommodate the 5 pressure applied by the spring I to the wiping blade. The blade carrying section 1' may be coupied to the wiper 3 in a permanent manner, if desired, to thereby avoid the accidental loss of the wiper.

Q parallel shank While the foregoing description has been given in detail. the inventive principles herein involved are capable of other physical embodiments and it is, therefore, not flie intention to restrict the g invention beyond the scope of the appended What is claimed is:

1. A wiper actuating arm ior window cleaners comprisin two longitudinally adjustable sec- 19 tions, one section having divided shank parts and the companion section having adjoining sockets for receiving the shank parts, and means for angularly displacing the sockets relative to each other to stiffen the divided portion of the arm 15 and exert a binding'iorce on the shank parts for securing a given adjustment.

2. A wiper actuating arm for window cleaners comprising two telescopic sections, one section having a bifurcated shank with substantially partaand the companion section having spacedsockets to receive theshank parts, and means carried by one section for applyin a torque in the same to distort the shank parts and sockets into binding engagement, said means also having a mechanical interlock with said other section.

3. A wiper actuating arm for window cleaners comprising two telescopic sections, one section having spaced shank parts and the companion section having sockets slidably receiving the shank parts, said companion section having spaced clamping parts adjacent the sockets for being sprungtoward one another to secure a binding engagement on the shank parts, and means for so springing s'aid clamping parts.

4. A wiper actuating arm for window cleaners comprising two telescopic sections. one section having a bifurcated shank and the companion section having spaced sockets for receiving the shank parts, each socket having a resilient wall with an outwardly extending clamping part adapted to be sprung toward the other clamping part'to angularly displace the shank parts relacomprising two telescopic sections, one section torque,

having a bifurcated shank andthe companion section having spaced sockets for receiving the shank parts, each socket having a resilient wall with. an outwardly extending clamping part adapted to be sprung toward the other clamping part to angularly' displace the shank tive to each other and secure a binding pressure on the shank, the opposite wall of each socket being weakened to form a hinge line for the resilparts relaient wall, and means for so springing said clamp ing parts.

6. An adjustable wiper actuating arm-tor win-' dow cleaners comprising two telescopic sections, one section having a shank adapted to be bent about a longitudinal axis and the companion section having a socket portion for receiving the shank, the socket having normally spaced relatively movable parts adapted to be sprung toward one another to exert a binding pressure onthe shank, each part having a screw receiving opening with the shank being exposed through one opening, and screw means in the openings for springing said parts, said screw means having a part to directly engage said shank for additionally securing the arm sections in a given adjustment.

7. 'A wiper actuating arm comprising two sections, one section having a divided shank struck from sheet metal with the divided portions of the shank being received by the companion section, and means for subjecting each shank part to a the torque in one shank part being opposite to the torque in the divided shank part whereby the sheet metal parts of the shank are angularly displaced with respect to each other for stiflening such sheet metal section. A

' JOHN R. OISHEE. 

